The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1919, Page 1

THE WEATHER \ + Snow and Colder. |T _ THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 63. RIBUNE HE BIS EASTERN. MONEY BACK OF FIBRE MILL FOR CITY H. R. Bonny, Inventor of New Process, Plans to Estab- lish Factory Here 4 WILL THRESH ALL SEED { . Free Separation and Greater Re- covery Offered Farmers for Their Straw A flax fible industry different in Many respects from any formerly es- tablished in North Dakota is assurred for Bismarck. H. R. Bonny, general ~ manager of the American Grown Flax Fiber Operating corporation,. 18 Broadway, New York. » .Mr. Bonny began his investigation of Bismarck as a production center for flax fibre two years ago. Satis- fied that the capital city was the site for his enterprise, he returned east to complete the first of a series of ma- chines which he planned to install here. Then America got into the war, every energy was diverted to’ the manufacture of munitions and war materials, and for two years no pro- gress could be made with the develop- ment of Mr. Bonny’s machinery. Now, with conditions returning to normal, the first of the Bonny flax fible machines is nearing. completion in an eastern factory and it will be shipped here and installed as soon as a suitable building can be leased. Un- like a majority of these enterprises, Mr. Bonny asks no local capital. He has all the money he neégds. All that se requires is a site, for which he is ready to pay a good price, and suffi- cient flax straw to keep his plant in 4 operation. “De-Seeds Flax Straw.” For the present the A. G. F..F. oper- ating corporation is in the market for flax straw which has been threshed, hoping to obtain a quantity sufficient to keep the plant in operation during the summer. For next fall's supply ‘Mr, Bonny: is contracting for straw as it comes from the header or reaper. His proposal is to bring this straw to Bsmarck, de-seeding it--here, and re turning to the farmer, in exchange for his straw, so much greater perceut- age of his seed that the farmer will be well repaid for his transaction. The company has presented its Proposition to several Burleigh coun- ty farmers, who think well of it and are willing to contract for their en- tire flax straw supply. The fire com: pany proposes to save the farmer the cost of threshing,+which runs arcund $640 per section, and to.reduce the loss of seed in threshing, which now runs around seven: or eight .per ceut, to not more than two, per cent, insur- ing the grower: 100 bush2is waere he ls now: gétting, only, 94 to 96... The rolls used in the Bonny process, its inventer claims, do a much more thorough job of threshing than is pos- sible under any present separating process. wy a, NINE SAILORS ‘DROWNED WHEN SHIP HITS MINE London, March 15.—Nine sailors are reported drowned in the sinking of the American naval transport Yselhaven, which struck a mine Monday morn- ing. The Yselhaven was bound from Baltimore to Copenhagen. Thiriy-five survivors have been landed.» - y The Yselhaven measured tons * and was built'at Amsterdam. She was taken over by the United States ship- ping board after America entered the war. The sinking probably occurred in the ‘North sea. FIGHTING ACTIVE ON POLISH FRONTS \ Warsaw, March . 15.—Fighting con- tinues on three Polish fronts. An of- ficial statement today says: “Bolshevik troops have again at- tacked Salonim, in the Grodno district and succeeded in entering the town, but were eventually driven out at the point of the bayonet. Our troops have repulsed all attacks of the Ukrainians, Anflicting serious losses on the enemy. q The fighting continues, and our troops have occupiéd Jacamaiene, Siedeiska and Bydhow. “German attacks on the Posen front have been repulsed.” Vermont Leads in W. S. Stamps Sale Washington, , March 15.—War sav- ings stamps were sold in January. at the rate of 45 cents for every person in the United States, with total sales of over 48,000,000. Vermont led in per ; capita sales. TUESDAY DATE OF HOMECOMING FOR FIGHTERS Dinner and Dance to Be Given at Masonic Temple in Honor of Yanks GUEST FOR EACH SOLDIER Every Scrapper Entitled to Ask His Best Girl or Some- body Else’s } pa tah By Tuesday was definitely selected at @ meeting of the executive commit- tee this morning for Bismarck’s big homecoming fete to the Yanks of Bis- marck and Burleigh county. The Masonic temple is the place. The hour is 6 p.m. The doings are, first a big dinner, tuen a big dance, with two orchestras brimful of pep, and tne best floor in Bismarck to dance ‘on. The dinner will consist of turkey and things, including stuffing aad sweet potatoes and pumpkin and mince pie and ice cream and smokes and everything. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Co.’s A and TI afid the Red Cross Canteen girls will serve the eats. The password will be: “Won't you have some more of the white meat, or a drum stick?” the countersign, “Yes, MA’AM!” O'Connor's and Hurley's orchestras will furnish music, . One will accompahy the eating and the other the dancing. There will be sometuing doing ev- ery minute, and it- will be entirely for the Yanks and their friends. The only way in which a civilian can get in is through an inviation from a Yank friend. Each Yank is entitled to invite one guest. That guest, in most cases, will be that Yank’s best girl, be she swect- heart, wife, mother or sister. Provisions are being made for the reception of at least 125 fighters ana as many fighters’ guests. That will meap 250 folks to be and the committee urges that ever: one line up for mess at the Masonic temple promptly at 6. » Bougas Bros. will do the catering. Steve Panas, a real war chef, will cook the chow, just as he cooked dur- ing the Balkan wars and again during the recent unpleasantness, only more st 0. There will be no formal features. The executive committee, headed by B..0. Marks, and the dinner commit- tee, “af which F. L. Conklin is chatr- man, feel that'the boys will enjoy an informal. good time at this juncture much more than .any speechmaking. Cards are being mailed out to all the men who have registered with Harris & Co. Everyone is expected to turn out. Should any Yank have failed to register, or should he not receive a card, he is urged to come anyway. A uniform is the only passport required. Band to Play. The Bismarck Elks’ band will be very much on the job for this o¢ca- sion. Harry Wododmansee, manager of the organization, asks the bands- men to assemble at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening at the Commercial club rooms, prepared to play an i.our on the street corners for the divertise- ment of the Yanks while they are as- sembling. At 6 o'clock the band will move to the Masonic temple, where it will play, while the boys aré fil- ing in. i ‘Later on there is to be a more form- al reunion of all the Yanks of Bis- marck and vicinity, and still later, next summer, it is planned to have a grand state reunion of the United iKuropean War veterans for the organization of & permanent association, An’ effort will be made to arrange for a week’s encampment at. Fort Lincoln, where’ all of the North Dukota men who played a part in thh great war in one way or another will have an opportun- ity to get together and talk things over. LUTHERANS START 3 MILLION DRIVE New York, March ‘15.—Lutherans in the United States it was announced here today have undertaken a cam- paign to raise a fund of $3,000,000 or more to support superannuated preachers, teachers and associates through Liberty bonds. The object is to obtain ond donations which ure to e deposited in an endowment fund to e used in work of relief. WILSON WIRES TUMULTY THAT LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO BE PART,OF TREATY ‘New York, March 15—Joseph Tu- multy, secretary to, President Wilson, Announced today he was in.receipt of a cablegram from the president stat- ing ‘that the plenary council has posi- tively decided that the league of na- tions is to be a part of the peace treaty. 5, PRIDE OF OLD REGIME SEEN IN CZAR’ (N. E. A. Staff Correspondent) Viadivostok—A wagniffeent black drawing a ‘shiny rubber-tired drosky flashed past. His great hoofs made thunderous noises as they struck the cobléstones and he left the atmos-, phere tingling with his strength and beauty. t I stopped in silent:admiration. He had been groomed until his: coat: was all satin, and plush—his mane flew to the: winds in long silky strands as carefully combed as a girl’s hair. (His hear was high and arched. No one had ever..laid a croel, whip across. that xraceful back. nor_.attempted: to. beat out thase snapping eyes. 7 HORSE AND DROSKY FLITTING ABOUT VLADIVOSTOK “Family pride saved that horse from the fate of the ordinary animal in Si- beria,” anounced the British colonel who stopped at my side. “The whole outfit, horse, driver and the man in the drosky are remnants of the czur’s regime. “The driver is even wearing the same uniform he had when his master served the crown. I have found here more relics of imperial days than in any other part of Russia. “Many of the royalists fled eastward when the revolution threatened and most of them stayed in Vladivostok be- cause it would he. to. make .. a. hurried exit if necessary.” G. 0. P. PILOT IN CONGRESS FRANK. MONDE LL Mondell, who has been picked for Re- publican floor leader in congre in the 54th congress and then back to: the } tinuously since from Wyoming and prohibitionist. RAILWAY TAX HEARINGST0 BE CONTINUED Will Be Taken Up Where Left Off Last Fall When Inter- rupted by Flu i. b. Cos, asivtant attorhey general, Jeeves Monday for Mirot to resimme the hearings in the railway tax iti gation. iviterrnpted by last falls. flu ep'denic: iMence will be taken be- fore Miss Ni+-sin, appointed especial coo amiie by: Judge CF. Amidon, ‘Twelve counties will be heard at Minot, where two or three weeks will ve de- veted to taking evidence 1 scene of operations then will be transferred to Bismarck, where Mr. Cox estimated six weeks will be consumed The he: rings. here will cover the ertire. southwestern distri-t. At this field has been combed over for dence, “the, federal examiner and the legal staffs ‘representing the railways and the state will proceed to St. Pact Where'the tatlways will introduce their ; documentary evideice. The. railways are ‘endeavoring to pri duce support for two: contentions, first that their as: sessment. is:at,a higher percentage thar thet. of farm- lands, second that the railway-property is overvalued to begin with, BRINTON TAKES OVER DICKINSON RECORDER PRESS Another String Added to League’s - Newspaper -Monopoly Bow Dickinson, N. D., March 15.—J. W. Brinton, former general manager of the Consumer’s United Stores Company and the Nonpartisan League syndicate is now the “man behind” the Dickinson Reeorder-Post. the transfer being com- pleted on Fri of last w Harry Dence, erstw! pyblisher of the Bel- field Thnes, ill thunage the paper tor Mr. Brinton. The league syndicate now owns a newspaper in: practically every county in the state, Th papers will un- Coubtedly, in almost every instance, be named offical papers of the coun- ties in‘which they are located, thus in- suring their financial success. The naming of the papers, according to a lew passed at the recent legislative session, will be taken from the hands of the county comm’ ohers und ¥. cd in a printing commission at B marek, f Thet League syndicate also owns the Belfield Times, and it is understood that the plan was to suspend thi paper when Mr. Dence moved to Dic inson. This plan was undoubtedly changed, however, with the failure of the printing bills to pass with the cmergeticy, and the Times will, as \ conseqavnce, be continued to July 1st-- the time when the laws will become effective. Africa Nationalists Are Refused Passage (N. B.A. Special to The Tribune) Capetown, S. A—Dutch Nationalists who are on‘their way to France to pre- sent claims for’a South African re public hud: a difficult time getting away. The crew of the Durham castle, refused to sail with them aboard and the delegates were left behind. Finally’ they were given passage on a|* warship., General Hertzog is head of the delegation Monthly Rations Fixed for Germany Brussels, March 15.—A monthly ra- tion for Germany of 370,000 tons of fod ‘stuffs was fixed today y the al- lied committee which is in the city arranging for the turning over of Ger- man shipping. The German delegates definitely ac- cepted the conditions imposed by the s|e@r-bath and a rub: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1919 RETURNED YANK MISSES CLUB AND HIS. GYMNASIUM Is Complaint of Home- coming Boys NEED THAT MUST BE MET Renewed Agitation for Facilities | Catering to Young Men Is Begun Bismarck’s “need ~ for, an athletic club,.a public gymnasium or some- thing of this nature never has been so evident as it is now, with tne streets filled. with returned soldiers, with no place to go; nothing to do “Gosh, I'd like to-get into a gymnu for a good work-out. this morning and then a plunge in thespool and a show- wn,” remarked ‘his town sure one Yank today. | hasn't. much to offer’.a young fellow. Why, we can’t even buy a cigarette in this burg after today.” They Want Smokes. ‘Lucy Page Gaston and Elizabeth Preston Anderson and other reform: ers doubtless would: be horrified to learn that one of the things the boys miss most are thelr punk sticks or pills. Those who-soll their own may be able to supply thelr wants, but the edict has gone forth that after today no cigarettes may be sold except sub- ject to heavy penalties. Every Yank in the American exped- itionary forces smokes.. A majority if them smoke cigarettes. In Europe no disgrace attaches to the snioking of one of these little rolls. Chaplains and Y. M. C. A. religfous workers and Red Cross aides smoked ‘em and al- ways had a package about their per- son for a dough-boy who chanced to be out. About the fitst thing wounded. man asked, for’ was a cigar- ette, and it was, sometimes, the last thing that a boy asked for befure he went out. ‘Poot Rooms Only Clubs. “What in thunder do they expect a fellow to do, anyhow?" asked a dis: gruntled doughboy. “Course we can beat it to a pool room and shoot 3 few games, but that costs money, and any-way, a fellow doesn't want to knock 'em around all day Jong. “I tell you, there’s going to be a change when the boys all get back. There’s more going to be done for young fellows than has been done in the past. We're going to see to it that every boy can have a clean, dé- cent time without running down to the cities for it. We've fought for this country and .wefeglad we did,|, but now 'we're going to have some- thing to say about. running it, and we're going to make it a man’s coun- try. If the mollycoddles don’t like it, ey Can move on.” iMay Start Something. The time seems ripe for a renewal of the agitation which has been more or less continuous for years for an athletic club Such. an __ institution probably would cost $50,000, but :it is believed that sufficient number of shares could be sold to warrant tegin- ning work on a building tais spring. There seems to be no question as to where the returned soldiers would stand on such a proposition. The army has developed in them a club spirit and a ‘desire for keeping fit. They demand in civil life some of the privileges which were theirs as sol- diers, and it seems altogether prob- able that if Bismarck is to keep its young men at home and contented it must rise to the occasion. Political Factor. Politically the returned soldier will be the biggest factor in North Dakota in 1920. There will be some 30,000 of him, and each soldier boy will have a great deal to say about how his father and his’ brother and his mother and his sisters and his sweetheart vote. PERSHING VIEWS YANKS UPON GERMAN SOIL Coblenz, (Friday) March 14.—Gen- eral John. J. Pershing enjoyed his ifrst sight this morning of American troops in combat formation on Ger- man soil. On a 640 acre plateau on the Rhine, he inspected the Second division and presented more than 8% lecorations. He later reviewed the division which passed in mass forma- tion. The commander-in-chief — walked aleng the lines of soldiers and ques- tioned company commanders as to; “|their quarters and conditions gener- ally. He talked to scores of dough- boys who wore wound stripes. Officials Try to Break Strike of Harbor Workers New York, ‘Marca 15.—in an effort to break the strike of harbor work- ers here, officials of the boat owners corporation today planned to place boats in operation with strike-breaker crews. It‘was said that 200 discharged sol- diers and sailors have been hired. ARRIVE WITH 1,025 TROOPS. New York, March 15.—The Hollan- dia arrived here today from Brest with 1,025 troops. “Units included the 102nd__ field’ - battalion signal corps complete, 11 (officers and 477 men; and mobile hospital 101, for Camp DECLARES GENERAL STRIKE. Buenos Ayres, March 15.—A gen- eral strike has been declared at Men- dora, affecting 36 unions,: including food purveyors. Mendoza is the capital of the prov- ‘ince of Mendosa, ‘Argentina, #2. - > < PRICE FIVE CENTS MAY BE BRITIS. ENVOY TO U. S. HERBERT A\L, FISHER Fisher is the latest to be mention- ed as success to Lord Reading as British ambassador to the United States, Lord ulsbury having been previously reported as picked for the place. Fisher is minister of education in the British cabinet and one of the foremost British scholars. He lec: Ss: tured at Harvard in 1918 and is an au- thority on historical and political topics. TO BE FOUGHT BY BREWERIES Complaint Drawn by Elihu Root Asserts Embargo Is Removed STOCKHOLDER STARTS SUIT h ng the constituion- | New York, Ma action toward t ality of the war-time prohibition was started here today in an action against the James Everhardt's brew- eries. The complainant, Joseph, T. Everhardt, asked the court for an! order restraining the defendant from| suspending its mSnufacturing activi- ties May 1, next, {required by the: statutes. The complaint alleges the prohibi-; tion clause-of the agricultural bill! adopted Nov, 21, 1918, is unconstitu- tional as a measure intended to safe- guard the national security and de- fense, the armistice having been sign- ed, hostilities ceased en preliminary to redition. of; mili- tary forces before that dat NO EMERGENCY The complaint, drawn by Elthu Root, aserts that whei'the president signed the armistice dedlaring thevar had vome .to an end \and: announced plans for the toration of normal condi- tions, there was no emerge y calling for the prohibition of the u: f cereals | fruits or other products for the man-! ufacture of beer and wine nor need for | further conservation of such products ; as a means, of carrying on the war. l Preliminary | ATTACKS REGULATION { The suit also attacks the regulation | of the internal revenue department re- stricting the manufacture of near beer to May 1 to products not exceed- 4 percent of alcoholic content, with a further reduction to one-fourth ‘of one percent when the product is offered for sale, and limiting all pro- ducts ofter May 1 to 1-2 percent. It is alleged that beer containin percent alcohol is not. intoxicating, | and that congress gave no authority for the limitation to one-half percent. The complaintant a minor stockholder in the Ev urd brew ‘here. He alleges the company ha arranged to comply with the war-time acts of congress, thus destroying the corporation's normal ability. MILLIONS POUR INTO TREASURY FROM INCOME TAX Washington, March 15,—Millions of dollars were paid into the treasury to- day as hundreds of thousands of peo- ple filed their income or profits tax and paid tie first 25 per cent install- ment. It is estimated that 4,000,000 people will pay taxes and that the ag- gregate will range from $800,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. SEPARATE TREATIES TO BE SIGNED WITH CENTRAL POWERS Paris, (Wriday) March 14—The British program is said to contemplate the signing of separate treaties with the central allies as soon as the Ger- ‘man situation is dispoyed of. Tunen the league would be whipped into per-' manent shape, the final peace treaty | would follow, and would include the{ league of nation plens. The plan of the British sems to be to strip the! preliminary peace treaty of all un-/ necessary incumbrance. ‘REAPPOINTS NORRIS. Washington, March, 15.—Recess ap- pointments announced today at the White House include the reappointment of William Norris Dickinson of W- iston, N.-D., to be receiver of public moneys. OVER 1,000,000 DEMOBILIZED. Washington,- March 15.—Officers and men demobilized number 1,119,386 DRY MEASURE’ nd sites July 1, as| > nd orders giv-|3¢ _| classifi profit-making | } BUDGET ALONE I$ MORE THAN _ $7,000,000.00 State Auditor Kositzky’s Statis-| tics Show Probable $10,- 000,000 Total TAX LEVY OF 4% MILLS In Spite of Tremendously In- creased Valuation, Rate Must Be Boosted : North Dakota's budget for.the en- suing two years will be> $7,070,926, if all appropriation bill are. signed) by the governor, State Auditor Kositzky announces today. Two yeurs ago the budget for the en- suing biennium wa: Thy total of $7,070,926 for the next two years does not include the appro- priation to the state highway commis- sion, which is repaid froni motor ve- le registration fees; nor appropria- aI the capitol street which come out of the $750,000 which has accumulated in the eapitol building fund, requiring no tax levy. Nor does this ‘total include approxi- mately $600,000 which will be levied this year under the half-mill tax for soldiers’ relief. If the stute issues ponds this year, a the league program, there must be levied, under the — constitution thirtieth of the principal, or § to insure retirement of these bonds 0 years. There must also be rolls an amount su the payment of the fi est on these bonds, which will be 020,000, providing the bonds are ut six percent. Whe state also hus falling due this te $176,000 in priveiyal on bonds, aud $58,000 in interest on old bond issues, which iuust be provided for in the tax levy. “If all the state bonds e sold: im- mediate'y,” id Mr. Kos' today, @ inst provide by direct levy. this ear the sum of $5,599,520, exclusive of in-estimated revenue of $600,000 from mis ellaneous collections in inieritance faxes, insurance fees, oil taxes, etc, The stite will derive nothing this, v from its {inheritance tay law, which the first returns are net made until the close of the present fiscal On a valuation of $1,289,650.- eated by the reclassification of y, this will necessitate a 4 1-2 for state purposes. In 1918 we mad) 4.3 mill levy onan assessed valuation of $403,422.258. “The two-mill school levy will’ also apply on this increased valuation, pro- ducing $2,471,301 for school purposes. The cities will be the principal ‘bene ficiaries from this vastly increased tev-, enue for school purpo The law vrovides that these funds shall be dis tributed.on a basis of school population among the various districts, In Bir- Jeigh county. for instance, Bising with 1,687 school children, will re bout 40 percent of all the money ed ui the county for school pur- poses. The school population of the county is and considerably less than 50° p it of this population is in the country districts which, unde- the 100 percent classification of lands. vill produce by far the greater part of the 2evenue. “Last year the average assessed val- uation of land in. North Dakota was $5.48 per acre. That was on a 30 per ification, On a 100-percent, ion the average assessed val- 24 per acre. “Barnes county may be selected as atypical example. A quarter of land in Barnes county last year was 4s 1 at $1270 and on a 4.3 mill y it prid $5.46 in taxes. This year me quarter will be ass 4.80 in hail tax, or . as compared with ear, an increase of $18.38. tax on this quarter will be x making 2 total gain $17,000,000 in provided for by pread in the tas. ut to insure st yeur’s inter- $1,- sold mi a total of $5.46 last for state ond In Cass and Traill counties. where land yelues are much higher, the increase will be relatively greater.” ‘ COMMISSION FORM FOR DICKINSON IS BEING AGITATED Dickinson. N. 1. Mach 15.—Stens are being taken for the circulation of petitions calling an election for the purpose o1 deciding whether or not the city of Dickinson will change to a commissicn form of government, i place of the present cumbersome s tem of mayor and twelve aldermen. Pra jy every progressive city. in the state has adopted the commission form of transacting municipal affa and in no instance has any city revert- e1 to the old PRINCE OF WALES, HIS NAME’S DAVID (N. E. A. Special to The Tribune) London.—Know the name by which the Prince of Wales is commonly call- ed by his family? It’s David. David is his third name. He isn’t called Edward, because the late Duke of Clarence is referred to as Edward. He isn’t called Albert because the famil- iar name of the late King Edward was PEACE TREATY — MAY BE READY INTHREE WEEKS Lloyd George Urges Haste in Signing Preliminary , Docunient FRICTION CAUSE REMOVED President Wilson Loses No Time in Getting Down to Business Paris, March 15.—Speedy completion of the preliminary peace treaty is un- derstood to be the main endeavor of Premier Lloyd George when the con- ference resumes full swing again. He is said to be firm in the conviction that the finishing and signing of the pre- liminary peace pact should be the first consideration of the conference, While not so optimistic as some, British conference. circles incline to the belief that the document will be ready for signatures in about three weeks, This preliminary compact would not include any proposition for the league of nations. ‘Remove Cause of Quarrels. The British attitude is that the mat- ter of first importance is ‘to. remove the cause of quarrels and let the de- tailed settlement follow. For instance all that is necessary to specify in the preliminary compact regarding the German colonies is that Germany shall not get them back. There is a disposition that sucn questions should not be allowed to cumber the initial compact, but come under the league of nations covenant. The opinion was ventured today that the questions remaining before the conference should move rapidly to completion. lt was pointed out that the conference will be two months old tomorrow. J On War’s Responsibility A sub-committee on the committee for responsibility for the war report- ed today that strictly and technical criminal prosecution of those who brought about tne struggle are un- necessary according to an. official communique issued this evening. The report adds, however, that the peace conference. might “adopt special measures and might adopt special ma- |chinery to deal with those who plan- ned the war.” The sub-committee received evi- dence which clearly outlined the ori- gin of the conflict. « Another committee also submited its report and proposed a high trib- unal which “should not pe¥mit the ex- ercise of its criminal jurisdiction. to» be blocked. by considerations’ of rank.” ‘The commission, it was announced, is considering these reports, Gets Down to Business. President Wilson lost no time in plunging into the problems of the peace conference on his arrival here today. His conference with Premier Lloyd George, which began after the president reached his dwelling place, lasted an hour, while after luncheon the president went to-Col. House's quarters and conferredtwith Premier Clemenceau, Premier Lloyd George and the French minister of recon- struction. This conference brought together all the main directing forces of the conference With the exception of Premier Orlando, of Italy. It was stated after the conference of the president with the premier’s and other ministers that the discussion had been a general one to familiarize the American executive with conditions that had developed during his absence. No action was taken regarding the league of nations or with respect ta any amendments. President Wilson states there has been no change in the original plan for linking together the league of nations and the peace treaty. The plan was announced by the peace council itself at the first plenary session, and it is announced there has been no deviation from the ariginal plans. NAVY TO MAKE FLIGHT ACROSS - ATLANTIC SOON New York, March 15.—Rear’ Ad- miral FE. W. Taylor, chief of the naval bureau of construction and repairs, an- nounced here today that the navy would be ready to attempt the flight of heavier-than-air craft across the Atlantic within a month. — “I do, not believe Great Britain will beat ug across,” he said, “if the attempt is made with heavier-than-air craft.. We are under the impression, however, that the attempt will be made with a dirgible within a week. The navy bas four heavier-than-air craft .pte- pared for the trip. It is not ‘certain who will make the flight, but itis prob- able more than one will start.” 12 PAROLES GRANTED. Washingtin, March 15.—Paroles were granted by Secretary of Labot Wilson today to 12 aliens of the group of 54 sent to New York fro mthe west recently under orders of deportation. In 19 cases the deportation order was “Bertie.” confirmed. WOMAN AWAKES AFTER THREE WEEKS | THEN TO GIVE BIRTH TO BOY RELAPSES INTO SLEEP AGAIN the.war department announced today, 83,774 being the commissioned grade. | Thomas DeWitt of this city, wh> has mediately after the boy was Discharge has been ordered for a total of -1,678,500. Officers avplying for Teserve commisisons total 26,798. Murphysburo, Ills., March 15 —Mrs. slept .continuously for three weeks, awoke long enough today to give virta to a boy weighing ten pounds. Im Mra. DeWitt relapsed into a and several physicians have their inability to awakes hen: